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TheHammer

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Superstock seems to be a growing class, with the slow death of 3.6 in ppl on the national circuit, I only foresee the class getting bigger and keep growing as it is ever popular with the fans, enthusiasts and pullers themselves. No rule changes, no turbo bs, the versatility and cost vs other classes at this point, I only see it growing. Opinions on this??
 
I think a lot of us predicted years ago that the pro stock class was only temporary until people actually jumped into the SS class, or dropped to Limited pro. The class is defiantly growing tremendously.
 
I said this a couple years ago too but I was certainly surprised when there were 30+ ProStock trucks at Scheid this year. I thought the class would be combined with Limited Pro by now.
 
Knowing we've had 14 trucks at a state hook and east coast has a handful aswell it didn't surprise me there were 30 3.6 trucks, but out of those 30 only 5 chased ppl points. No need for it to be a national class anymore. The local clubs are doing well with the 3" class. But why would someone spend big money on the latest turbo and injectors to be 50-100hp ahead from the previous year. When they can buy decent parts at a lesser cost and make 500+ more hp. With the light pro tractor class having changed turbo rules I foresee a few guys scooping up some of those 4.8+" chargers for half of what the top hp 3.6 charger is going to cost you... I only see the class growing.
 
TheHammer said:
Knowing we've had 14 trucks at a state hook and east coast has a handful aswell it didn't surprise me there were 30 3.6 trucks, but out of those 30 only 5 chased ppl points. No need for it to be a national class anymore. The local clubs are doing well with the 3" class. But why would someone spend big money on the latest turbo and injectors to be 50-100hp ahead from the previous year. When they can buy decent parts at a lesser cost and make 500+ more hp. With the light pro tractor class having changed turbo rules I foresee a few guys scooping up some of those 4.8+" chargers for half of what the top hp 3.6 charger is going to cost you... I only see the class growing.
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One caution I will make having built an OEM chassis and OEM bodied SS myself this year is the initial investment is more expensive than you might think. Most of the guys that have a big single or even 2 chargers have to have a pretty pricey pro stock charger to be competitive and drivable. Add on new injectors, a pump, chassis work/reinforcement, water injection....etc. and the bill adds up in a hurry.

After the initial investment I agree you may not have to spend as much to make more power but you are always spending money to find a better way to get the power to the track including better turbos that light at lower rpms.

To me the best part of the class is it's a driver's class and everyone is professional and there is very little if any *****ing.
 
takedown95 said:
One caution I will make having built an OEM chassis and OEM bodied SS myself this year is the initial investment is more expensive than you might think. Most of the guys that have a big single or even 2 chargers have to have a pretty pricey pro stock charger to be competitive and drivable. Add on new injectors, a pump, chassis work/reinforcement, water injection....etc. and the bill adds up in a hurry.

After the initial investment I agree you may not have to spend as much to make more power but you are always spending money to find a better way to get the power to the track including better turbos that light at lower rpms.

To me the best part of the class is it's a driver's class and everyone is professional and there is very little if any *****ing.
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Well your truck and build is encouraging for guys like myself. Agreed there seems a good bit more professionalism in that class. Now I just need to find a driver.
 
I would love for a 3.6 class to come in the Northeast. The truck numbers have been consistently growing year after year in the LPS class and we have a lot of committed guys, but adding a 3.6 class might split the trucks to too thin per class. However in my experiance after one pass with cut tires I feel like DOT tires just are not exciting

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What Sarafin said. I never planned on moving up, but was given the opportunity to run a serious cut tire truck in 2017. Pulling on DOT’s lost it’s adrenaline rush that day... Our class results flip ever weekend. You miss your setup, or don’t drive it just right you’ll find yourself 15ft behind a truck you beat the weekend before. Hell the limited pros at scheids this year had 30ish trucks jammed into the top 7ft. Felt like I was watching nascar.. call it competitive, I call it boring.. as for 3.6 falling apart, I don’t see that happening here locally atleast. but if it were to, I will be more likely to go SS then back to DOT’s
 
DMDP said:
What Sarafin said. I never planned on moving up, but was given the opportunity to run a serious cut tire truck in 2017. Pulling on DOT’s lost it’s adrenaline rush that day... Our class results flip ever weekend. You miss your setup, or don’t drive it just right you’ll find yourself 15ft behind a truck you beat the weekend before. Hell the limited pros at scheids this year had 30ish trucks jammed into the top 7ft. Felt like I was watching nascar.. call it competitive, I call it boring.. as for 3.6 falling apart, I don’t see that happening here locally atleast. but if it were to, I will be more likely to go SS then back to DOT’s
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I as hoping to catch your insight on this as with a couple others on here. So you're saying that billet block I saw today on Kevin's floor wasn't yours?:poke: Had a pretty good time at the chaos event today. Got to shake a few hands. 3 SS trucks was a treat.
 
TheHammer said:
I as hoping to catch your insight on this as with a couple others on here. So you're saying that billet block I saw today on Kevin's floor wasn't yours?:poke: Had a pretty good time at the chaos event today. Got to shake a few hands. 3 SS trucks was a treat.
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I’ll have to take off another year or 2 if I want that billet block in my junker! :lolly:

I followed the chaos event as much as I could on Facebook today. What a cool event. I think the ride along idea was awesome. If I wasn’t stuck at work, I’d loved to ride out for the day just to hang out.
 
Was kinda hoping you'd be there. I fly out here to meet up with some guys. I agree the ride along auction was pretty cool. Some of those passengers had life highlights because of it, plus the proceeds went to a good cause. Awesome to attend something positively impacting.
 
TheHammer said:
Was kinda hoping you'd be there. I fly out here to meet up with some guys. I agree the ride along auction was pretty cool. Some of those passengers had life highlights because of it, plus the proceeds went to a good cause. Awesome to attend something positively impacting.
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A good turn out for a great cause
 

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A good turn out for a great cause
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I wanted to come say hi to you, your truck sounded pretty healthy n seems you got it dialed in now, since not having Facebook I haven't been able to follow many of y'all. We just couldn't catch a break to make a pass n when we finally get the green light, damn turbo wanted to check.
 
TheHammer said:
I wanted to come say hi to you, your truck sounded pretty healthy n seems you got it dialed in now, since not having Facebook I haven't been able to follow many of y'all. We just couldn't catch a break to make a pass n when we finally get the green light, damn turbo wanted to check.
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Thanks, the truck really came around this season. My brother actually took the truck as I wasn’t able to go.
 
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